Sasthi Brata

Sasthibrata Chakravarti (1939–2015), known as Sasthi Brata, was a British-Indian Indo-Anglian writer of fiction. He is best known for his best selling novel Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater.

Early life and education

Sasthibrata was educated at Calcutta Boys' School, Kolkata and then at Presidency College, Kolkata, where he studied Physics. After finishing college education he left India and spent his adult life in Europe and America.

Post literary career Sasthibrata lived a checkered life. After his literary career, he had worked as a salesman for air conditioners, a lavatory attendant, a postman, a kitchen porter, to supplement his pension. He died in 2015 at the age of 75.

Works

Novels 1971. Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater 1973. She and He 1980. The Sensuous Guru: The Making of a Mystic President

Short stories 1978. Encounter

Poetry 1960. Eleven Poems

Memoir and Autobiography 1968. My God Died Young 1975. A Search for Home 1976. Traitor to India: A Search for Home

Travel 1985 Labyrinths in the Lotus Land 1986 India: The Perpetual Paradox